title: A mobile-health application to detect wandering patterns of elderly people in home environment.
abstract: Wandering is a common and risky behavior in people with dementia (PWD). In this paper, we present a mobile healthcare application to detect wandering patterns in indoor settings. The application harnesses consumer electronics devices including WiFi access points and mobile phones and has been tested successfully in a home environment. Experimental results show that the mobile-health application is able to detect wandering patterns including lapping, pacing and random in real-time. Once wandering is detected, an alert message is sent using SMS (Short Message Service) to attending caregivers or physicians for further examination and timely interventions.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Vuong
authors.forename: S G A
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000379:methods*; D055816:Wandering Behavior; D059015:Wireless Technology